Dead Rhetoric.com Week in Review April 20 – April 26, 2014

Saturday, 26th April 2014 By Dead Rhetoric

At some point in the very near future (as in, next week), Judas Priest will unveil details of a new studio effort. Not only will it be the follow-up to the all-around bomb that was 2008’s Nostradamus, it will be the first to feature new guitarist Richie Faulkner, who replaced KK Downing in 2011. The splintering of the Tipton/Halford/Downing writing team is of particular interest, having been responsible for some of metal’s most popular, and timeless songs. (Turbo and Ram it Down as well!) With Maiden probably not recording anything this year, the field is wide open for Priest to hog the spotlight. Given the ground they’ve lost over the years, they’d be wise not to screw it up… – David E. Gehlke